[Commodore]

Originally Posted by TheTrekkie

With the well-heeled GL there shouldn't be any financial problems or huge changes in fear of being canceled.

As long as it doesn't air on FOX...

[jtrek79]

meh..forget star wars, lets put trek back on tv

[tomcatjosh]

Is this the rush to push SW back up, since trek grabbed alot of the attention? If so, this is gonna get VERY interesting..

[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by tomcatjosh

Is this the rush to push SW back up, since trek grabbed alot of the attention? If so, this is gonna get VERY interesting..

It Shall Indeed!

[DammitJim]

Originally Posted by tomcatjosh

Is this the rush to push SW back up, since trek grabbed alot of the attention? If so, this is gonna get VERY interesting..

no rushing involved. LFL has been planning this a long time. STAR WARS has never been "down" either.

[kevin]

The live action TV series has been in development since 2005, alongside the Clone Wars cartoon series.

Star Trek didn't enter development until 2006/2007 so there's no jumping on the bandwagon involved here.

[MrQ1701]

Originally Posted by kevin

Well, there's a good 30 years of events in there that can provide fuel for the storylines. I'm hoping they have solved the problem of making the TV effects match those of the films.

I have a feeling though it will be a show that will either flop horrifically or hit orbit right away.

30 years? I thought Luke was a teenager in episode IV. Either way, you are correct that there are years of stories to be told, but the unltimate outcome is already known. The rebels will not defeat the Emperor.

[kevin]

Originally Posted by MrQ1701

30 years? I thought Luke was a teenager in episode IV. Either way, you are correct that there are years of stories to be told, but the unltimate outcome is already known. The rebels will not defeat the Emperor.

Oops, I'm thinking of the overall time between EP1 and IV. That pushes it to around 30.

In those 17 years though, the Senate still exists (it was referred to as finally dissolved only in Star Wars by Tarkin) so there's undoubtedly stories there of the increasing ambitions of Palpatine vs the crumbling democratic system of the Republic.

If it went in a political drama direction there may be avenues. Or, they could cut out the Empire and reference it only obliquely and focus on another type of storyline.

[Zardoz]

"This week on Star Wars, Darth Vader finds love with Yoda."

[kevin]

.....then a stewardess walks in....